General Office Assistant 5-E7 - Farmworker Outreach Services Division (Kent County)
Grand Rapids, MI · HybridFull-time$20.96–29.67/hrPosted 1w agoStill listed 6 days ago
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The General Office Assistant supports the Farmworker Outreach Services Division by greeting clients, registering applications, assigning them to workers, answering and directing telephone calls, and handling mail and filing. The role also assists clients with verbal and written translation services. The physical worksite is in Grand Rapids, Michigan; remote or hybrid arrangements may be considered based on operational needs and established limits.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness. For more information, please visit MDHHS Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
Greet and register applications and assign to workers, answer telephone calls and direct to staff. Handle daily mail and filing. Assist clients in translation services verbally and written.
Please review the Position Description and Job Specification for this position.
To be considered for this position you must:• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions in submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
- Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
- Attach a cover letter.
- Attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions
Education Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.
Experience
General Office Assistant 5 No specific type or amount of experience is required.
General Office Assistant 6 One year of administrative support experience.
General Office Assistant E7 Two years of administrative support experience, including one year equivalent to the intermediate level.The physical location of this position is 121 Martin Luther King Jr. St. SE. Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work schedule requests for this position may be considered. Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.
The Department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Certain positions may require a criminal history background check.
If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed nor required.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.
Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.
Questions related to this position may be directed to Lori Lindsey at [email protected]
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,465 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20.96–29.67/hr
- Michigan median$19–23/hr37 hourly ranges
- US median$19–27/hr1,852 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.32/hr, is 18% above the Michigan median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the top quarter of Administrative Support hourly ranges in Michigan.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 169 open Administrative Support jobs in Michigan and 5,465 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- H&R Block60 open
- Edward Jones15 open
- State of Michigan (this employer)11 open
- Experience
- Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (2,087 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,431 of the 5,465 open Administrative Support jobs (26%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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